Ship Navigation Three ships, A, B, and C, are sailing along the same straight line on a course of 240°. Ship A is at the front, and ship C brings up the rear. From ship A. the bearing of a navigation buoy is 025°. The buoy is 2.5km from ship A and 2km from ships B and C. To the nearest degree, what is the bearing of the buoy from ship C? from ship B?

Dec 3rd 2011, 02:40 PM

skeeter

Re: Ambiguous Case Help

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Originally Posted by Braedong

Ship Navigation Three ships, A, B, and C, are sailing along the same straight line on a course of 240°. Ship A is at the front, and ship C brings up the rear. From ship A. the bearing of a navigation buoy is 025°. The buoy is 2.5km from ship A and 2km from ships B and C. To the nearest degree, what is the bearing of the buoy from ship C? from ship B?

Have you made a sketch of the ships' and buoy's relative positions?

Dec 3rd 2011, 07:53 PM

Soroban

Re: Ambiguous Case Help

Hello, Braedong!

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Three ships, A, B, and C, are sailing along the same straight line on a course of 240°.
Ship A is at the front, and ship C brings up the rear.
From ship A. the bearing of a navigation buoy is 025°.
The buoy is 2.5km from ship A, and 2km from ships B and C.
To the nearest degree, what is the bearing of the buoy from ship C? from ship B?